New law requires Bossier City to try to buy vehicles locally

7:43 PM,
Feb. 20, 2013

A Bossier City police officer walks toward squad cars in the department's parking lot. The majority of the city's vehicle replacements each year are police vehicles because they see the most time on the road. Bossier City's budget calls for 21 police vehicles to be replaced this year. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times)

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A new Bossier City law will keep purchases of vehicles for the municipal fleet local when possible.

Buying locally assures those who pay taxes in Bossier City will have the first opportunity to do business with their government, said District 4 Councilman David Jones, who authored the ordinance requiring City Hall to try to buy its new vehicles from Bossier City dealers. Previously, the city bought most of its replacements in Alexandria or Baton Rouge.

The ordinance follows a Louisiana law that allows local purchases to be slightly more expensive. "It's not landmark legislation, but I've ...